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Apple Releases watchOS 5.1.1 to Solve watchOS 5.1 Bricking Issue

took a risk and did the upgrade was on 5.1 and am on 5.1.1 now. and as others have said it was VERY fast.
 
5.1 was the first time I've experienced a brick from an update on all my apple devices.

watch bricked at 8pm on Tuesday. I opened an AppleCare case on Wednesday morning and had a replacement in my hands on Thursday morning. Even though the service was fast I still think apple needs to equip apple stores to service apple watches. Especially if it is just a software update bug.
 

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going for it - missed the bricking from the other day - and besides apple wouldn't do two brick updates in a row would they? LOL -
 
Updated S4 SBSS with no issues. I did have to re-enter my password after one of the Apple screens.

5.01 to 5.1.1
 
I think 5.1 to 5.1.1 users thought it was fast... mine was about 20 minutes total.

Where are the color watch faces? Can't seem to find those
 
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There should be something like DFU mode on this watch, bricking iPhones is almost not heard of AFAIK.
And then there are Macs, *some say here (In forums in the past) that their Macs are bricked, it's very-VERY rare to brick a Mac, especially the ones with a battery inside.

*Those Macs aren't bricked, just non bootable.
 
Mabus51 said:
Still no ECG feature. I thought for sure the .1 update would have it like the music streaming feature in WatchOS4.1. Probably should have just kept my S3. I’m beginning to doubt it’s coming, especially in 2018 as stated.
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The ECG feature is only available in the US. There are reports that setting your clock to a US region will enable the feature.
 
justperry said:
There should be something like DFU mode on this watch, bricking iPhones is almost not heard of AFAIK.
And then there are Macs, *some say here (In forums in the past) that their Macs are bricked, it's very-VERY rare to brick a Mac, especially the ones with a battery inside.

*Those Macs aren't bricked, just non bootable.
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You can't DFU a Watch because watches don't have data ports. A watch depends almost exclusively to the connection it has to an iPhone to complete and process the update. If you sever that connection, you will get a bricked device because there is no way to fix the software issue on the watch.
 
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jav6454 said:
You can't DFU a Watch because watches don't have data ports. A watch depends almost exclusively to the connection it has to an iPhone to complete and process the update. If you sever that connection, you will get a bricked device because there is no way to fix the software issue on the watch.
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Yup, I know, but there should be a "connector"
There is one AFAIK but it's only accessible for Apple service technicians.
 
Mabus51 said:
Still no ECG feature. I thought for sure the .1 update would have it like the music streaming feature in WatchOS4.1. Probably should have just kept my S3. I’m beginning to doubt it’s coming, especially in 2018 as stated.
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Interested to know how important to your life the ECG feature is. Do you need it for medical purposes, or just to impress your friends. Assuming it’s the former as you attach such importance to it. And it will be enabled via an app download, not a watchOS update
 
Just deleted the 5.1 update from my watch so it doesn't install on its own tonight.

Edit: Software update still says 5.1. Gah.
 
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